The Queensland government says taxpayers can have faith in the state's public hospital system, despite a bed shortage that forced patients to rely on private facilities.
Ten hospitals in the state's southeast that were on code yellow for two days have now come off.
A code yellow is declared when hospitals are essentially full and cannot meet public demand for health services.
Health Minister Steven Miles says demand is easing after the government released emergency funds to open up extra beds in private hospitals.
"Hospitals have indicated they do not expect to reschedule any elective surgeries based on current demand," he told parliament on Thursday.
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"Most have reported lower than expected ED presentations, with the exception of Redcliffe and The Prince Charles."
Nurses who were on leave or not rostered on were called into work, and public patients were ferried to private hospitals across the southeast corner after initially being seen in transfer lounges.
Mr Miles says the bed shortage isn't proof of a crisis in the public system, rather the result of a simultaneous and unseasonal spike in demand across three hospital service areas.
On Wednesday he and Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk blamed the federal government, summer weather and the flu for the patient spike.
But he said people should trust that they'd be seen if they were really sick.
"The Queensland public should be very confident that they have a fantastic hospital system that will see people in the order of their priority," he told ABC radio on Thursday.
"Certainly if they are very sick and arrive at an emergency department, they'll be seen very quickly."
He said up to 15 elective surgeries had been cancelled as a result of the bed shortage, but that was typical on any day as hospitals deal with staff and theatre availability.
Extra beds that have been opened to deal with the spike in demand will remain open into winter, when hospitals routinely face greater pressure from the flu season.
The opposition has said Mr Miles should be sacked.
